make sure they have an emergency backpack ready. >> reporter: maryann favreau, nbc bay area news. >> she tells us that tv stations have been carrying news of bay area donations, and the japanese people have been very grateful for them. >>> well, fortuitous or happ happenstance, one of the world's leading earthquake engineers happened to be in tokyo on business when the ground started rumbling. now amoto is surveying the damage in one of the areas most devastated by the tsunami. we've been talking with him via skype. we checked with him again tonight. he told us it's evident to him that japan's tsunami warning system did help save lives, but the sea walls protecting coastal cities were not as effective. his findings bittersweet for thi scientist who says he used to play on those very beaches as a child. >> actually, when i was a kid, i camped out on the beach. and i clearly remember the day, you know. and i remember people living in the area. now i know just the whole thing is actually wiped out. and it was definitely tough to see that. >> as a scientist, he observed that while many s

maryann favro, "nbc bay area new news". >> we're streaming the hearings live on nbcbayarea.com. they weigh in on the technology involved in the safety of these pipelines. >>>s it hard to fathom, but an argument between a husband and wife led to the man drivingin o with the woman clinging to the hood of the car for some 40 miles. this all happened on saturday. police say the woman actually survived on that hood all the way by clinging to the windshield wiper and the side mirror of the family minivan. th hubby never stopped. christher carroll is being ri held at the jail on a charge of attempted murder. that lucky woman whose name hasn't been released suffered from hypothermia. >>> a santa rosa mother and two of her three children are hospitalized after a horrific crash last night. christine and two of her young children were ejected from the suv after crash sbug a guardrail and roll sbug an he embankment. galvan was drinking and arguing with her husband before speeding off with the three kids all under the age of 7 until the car. galvan will be charged with felony dui and child e

were you angry at god, maryann? >> yes. of course i was.ne to die in this car accident, and please hear my heart on this, i never would have wished for any of these kids to die, i just wanted mine to live as well. as the mom, she has to go through the mourning herself. >> that was part of my job, because when she spoke at his funeral, maryann did not show her emotions. so i had to portray maryann at that moment, because she, at that moment, was holding everybody together because the father lost it. so maryann took the position that she had to hold it together. but one of the stories i want to be sure that people -- i don't know how long we're going to be here -- i want to be sure we tell the story of the football game. can i tell that, please? >> we have about two seconds. >> the story is about they won in the fifth quarter, wade forest won in the fifth quarter when we shot the actual game in the movie because it's very low budget. we went into overtime and won in the fifth quarter. it was very inspirational. >> they went like this. >> we s

maryann favro shows us how parents are forced to get creative to ensure kids get their week in naturea shrugs, bunkbeds, bonding with nature. #,000 fifth and sixth graders come here for science camp. but the budget ax is falling in this forest, forcing some bay area schools to cut camp. >> the two most recent. >> bay area schools face another challenge. because of state budget cuts the school year is shorter, schools are having a harder time fitting science camp in. this year at this elementary in south san jose, sixth graders are going to science camp on spring break. >> we have been told by the district, we don't have the cc1: funding. we are okay with that. we have to find some way to let our kids have the experience. >> luke and james are on their way to sell baked goods to raise money for science camp. >> these are chocolate cupcakes we are selling. they cost $1. >> have to sell 240 cupcakes to cover the cost. he said it's worth it the. >> you get to go on night hikes, hikes, they keep you busy. people said it was fun. >> director of walden west, say: often low income schools are

. >> maryann gordon. >> and jim brady is still alive. >> maryann gordon is a great one.she is a female secret service agent can she is the first -- secret service agent. she is in the league scout car, a police car. there was the shooting. she runs back to check the scene. the limousine goes. she jumps into the spare s limousine, hurdles over of the front seat. they take off. but finally catch up. remember, we have all been in washington appeared you have seen the motorcade pulled up traffic for how long? forever. there has just been a shooting. for those 30 seconds to 40 seconds, that limousine is alone. imagine that. jerry parker, a driver, and the present along on connecticut avenue. marion gordon cages up. the cops do not know that they're diverting for the hospital. marion gordon had the presence of mind to order the spear limousine in front of the presidential limousine to act as a battering ram to hit anything on the way to a hospital. she is one good number two, the nurses at gw hospital. in my research for the book, they are the first ones who treated reagan. th